Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-20
DAKOTA COMBINATIONS.

-Four grain buyers are Kept DnSy OF
Blunt.
Blunt reports an unusual prevalence
of sickness.
The head single cutter ut the Walker
mill at Grand Forks was struck by q
flying bolt on Tuesday and quite badly
injured.
Regular trains will be put on tbs
Northern Pacific from Grand Forks to
Grafton as soon as the iron is laid to
that place.
A farmer living in the valley only o
few miles from Blunt claims to have q
good quality of coal on his place within
easy mining reach.
EDelbert Bnzzell, IL years old, was
accidentally shot in the face and head
and killed by Bruce Merry, 5years old,
20 miles south OF West City.
Samuel Mitchell, who stabbed Mar.
shall Barry at Elk Point waived examine
ton, and was committed to jail, the
bonds being placed at $4,000.
ID. r. Putnam & 90. are building q
large addition to their elevator at Woon.
socket which will about double their
former capacity for handling grain.
The surveyors of the Duluth, Water
town and Pacific are in Woonsooket. 1t
is understood that 100 miles of track
will be laid from Watertown this fall.
The three persons arrested at WoonA
socket for burglary give their names as
Jas. Kirk, j. w. Eaton and fhos. Allen.
1t will be difficult to establish their
guilt.
Father HINES left Elk Point for q
months visit in Maine, New Hampshire
and Rhode Island, the latter his birth
place. where he has not visited for more
than forty years.
Jones, one of the best men in She
Grand Forks nine, was fined $50 by the
management for appearing on the
grounds intoxicated during the Grand
Forka-Fargo game on Tuesday.
Brooks Bros, of Grand Forks, are
building two new elevators on the
Northern Pacific extension, one q,
helly's siding and one at Turtle river
each OF q capacity of $4,000 bushels.
A Duluth grain firm Is preparing &c
build a mammoth grain house on ths
Northwestern track in Aberdeen. The
firm Intends paying Duluth prices fol
gram.
Fosdlok & Tillotson, pioneer clothier,
OF Mitchell, have assigned for the benef,
of sheir creditors. The assets equal the
liabilities and the firm expects to max.
a satisfactory settlement and continue
business.
A construction train on the Omahf
road out of Mitchell Thursday overlook
a hand car on the Jim river bridge and
several laborers op the latter had g
narrow escape from death. The Ger was
q total wreck.
a young mon named Albert Bruse
aged about eighteen years is held BY
the city marshal of Redfieid in
to Q telegram from the marshal of Fulda
MINI, on charge of the larceny OF q
watch.
Col. Townsend, of 18th infantry, is
not satisfied with the accommodations
afforded by the quarters ut Fort Yates
and has taken a trip to Fort Sully with
a view of moving the regimental head
quarters to that post.
The teachers employed by the ELL
Point school board for the ensuing year
are: Prof. Q. r.. Carlos, a graduate OF
Ohio university; Miss Dora Hawks, Miss
Fannie Bowles, Mr.. L. w. Sabin and
Mrs. Isham, Of Canton.
FL. Q. Pickering's house at Blunt
caught fire Wednesday from a defective
due. The bucket brigade extlnguished
the flames before much damage was
done. The building ives insured in the
Yankton insurance company.
Miss Mary Hines has just returned
to Elk Point from Boston, where she
hes been in attendance at the Boston
conservatory of music. 1t is said by
those capable of judging that the lady
has attained a high position as a pianist,
Railway Commissioners Griges passed
through Aberdeen Wednesday en- route
to Bismarck. He said that before lone
all the warehouses and elevators in Da-
kota would take out licenses and give
bonds for the storing OF grain. He con.
sidered it a protection to elevator men
as well as the farmers.
The fnal survey Of the Pierre, Duluth
d Black Hills railway Is now being
made. Tho surveyors are carnped near
Fanlkton, on their way from Aberdeen
to Pierre. Little or no dificulty has
experienced in procuring sight OF
way. The distance from Abezdeen to